The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c15.s1.56

c15.s1.56

Does this mean that there is only scope for ethnocentric history? The answer would seem to be that the situation is not peculiar to former colonial countries. It is a worldwide problem that is usually and confusingly known as "modernization." It was and is experienced in Europe as in other parts of the world. Perhaps we may therefore expect that the comparative perspective will overcome the fragmented landscape of ethnocentricity.